John Singer

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John Singer

Acting December 4, 1923

Hastings, East Sussex, England, UK

John Harold Singer was an English actor. He began as a child actor, popular in the 1930s, and known for Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. In later years he continued…

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In Which We Serve

In Which We Serve

6.7 1942 Movie
The Cruel Sea

The Cruel Sea

6.9 1953 Movie
Waltzes from Vienna

Waltzes from Vienna

5.4 1934 Movie
Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street

5.7 1936 Movie
Q Planes

Q Planes

6.0 1939 Movie
Doctor at Sea

Doctor at Sea

5.8 1955 Movie
The Brave Don't Cry

The Brave Don't Cry

6.0 1952 Movie
Tudor Rose

Tudor Rose

8.1 1936 Movie
Emil and the Detectives

Emil and the Detectives

5.5 1935 Movie
Whispering Smith vs. Scotland Yard

Whispering Smith vs. Scotland Yard

6.2 1952 Movie
Forbidden Cargo

Forbidden Cargo

6.9 1954 Movie
High Treason

High Treason

6.1 1929 Movie

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John Harold Singer was an English actor. He began as a child actor, popular in the 1930s, and known for Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. In later years he continued to act in numerous films, including In Which We Serve and The Cruel Sea. He died on 7 July 1987 in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England. His son, Steven Singer, became a TV scriptwriter. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 1955
    Doctor at Sea

    Movie Sailor in Prison (uncredited)

  2. 1954
    Forbidden Cargo

    Movie Seaman

  3. 1953
    The Cruel Sea

    Movie Gray

  4. 1952
    Come Back Peter

    Movie Ted Hapgood

  5. 1952
    The Brave Don't Cry

    Movie Tam Stewart

  6. 1952
    Whispering Smith vs. Scotland Yard

    Movie 1st Photographer

  7. 1950
    Four Men in Prison

    Movie Edward Hope

  8. 1948
    Fly Away Peter

    Movie Ted Hapgood

  9. 1942
    In Which We Serve

    Movie Moran

  10. 1942
    Front Line Kids

    Movie Ginger Smith

  11. 1942
    Somewhere in Camp

    Movie Pvt. Jack Trevor

  12. 1939
    Q Planes

    Movie Newspaper Boy

  13. 1939
    What a Man!

    Movie Harold Bull

  14. 1938
    The Live Wire

    Movie Boy

  15. 1938
    Darts Are Trumps

    Movie Jimmy

  16. 1937
    Against the Tide

    Movie

More credits
  1. 1937
    It's Never Too Late to Mend

    Movie Matthew Josephs

  2. 1937
    Don't Get Me Wrong

    Movie Boy

  3. 1936
    Tudor Rose

    Movie Boy

  4. 1936
    The Amateur Gentleman

    Movie Boy (uncredited)

  5. 1936
    Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street

    Movie Tobias Rag

  6. 1935
    Street Song

    Movie Billy

  7. 1935
    Royal Cavalcade

    Movie Boy

  8. 1935
    Dandy Dick

    Movie Freddie

  9. 1935
    Emil and the Detectives

    Movie Thesday

  10. 1935
    My Heart Is Calling

    Movie Page Boy

  11. 1935
    Marry the Girl

    Movie Office Boy

  12. 1934
    Something Always Happens

    Movie Billy

  13. 1934
    My Old Dutch

    Movie Jim as a child

  14. 1934
    Love at Second Sight

    Movie

  15. 1934
    Waltzes from Vienna

    Movie Boy (uncredited)

  16. 1934
    Open All Night

    Movie

  17. 1933
    Facing the Music

    Movie Boy

  18. 1933
    Sleeping Car

    Movie Page Boy

  19. 1933
    King of the Ritz

    Movie Pageboy

  20. 1933
    The Pride of the Force

    Movie Boy

  21. 1932
    Love on the Spot

    Movie Pageboy

  22. 1932
    Jack's the Boy

    Movie Boy

  23. 1932
    Looking on the Bright Side

    Movie Boy (uncredited)

  24. 1930
    The Black Hand Gang

    Movie Boy